Hebrew Word Study: Ground Up

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – GROUND UP – PALAK פלכ Daniel 6:16: “The king spake and said unto Daniel: “Thy God whom thou serves continually, He will deliver you.” This portion of the Book of Daniel was written in Aramaic which is very difficult to translate into another...

Hebrew Word Study: Tender Mercies

HEBREW WORD STUDY – TENDER MERCIES – RACHAM רחמ Psalms 25:6: “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.” What are tender mercies? It sounds good but I really have no idea what that means. The NIV says Great...

Word Study: Failed

HEBREW WORD STUDY – FAILED – KALAH  כלה Lamentations 4:17: “As for us our eyes yet failed for our vain help, in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.” In Lamentations 4:17 we see where the hearts of the people laid. The Assyrians were ready...

Aramaic Word Study: They Will Require

ARAMAIC WORD STUDY – THEY WILL REQUIRE – TAVLYN תבלינ Luke 12:20, “But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?” In the Aramaic the word tavlyn is used which...

Aramaic Word Study: Lawyers

HEBREW WORD STUDY – LAWYERS – SAPHRA (ARAMAIC) ספרא Luke 11:52: “Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.” Some translations says: “Woe to you experts in law,” others...